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Book Review: ‘Heaven and Hell,’ by Jon Kalman Stefansson

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 5:00am
By John Self
Jon Kalman Stefansson’s novel “Heaven and Hell” recounts a 19th-century fishing trip and its aftermath.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Ghosts of Rome,’ by Joseph O’Connor

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 5:00am
By Alex Preston
Joseph O’Connor’s novel “The Ghosts of Rome” explores a World War II resistance network based in the Vatican.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Soft Core,’ by Brittany Newell

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 5:00am
By Sophie Haigney
Call her Ruth, or Baby, or Sunday: A San Francisco sex worker’s carefully compartmentalized life starts to unravel in Brittany Newell’s vivid “Soft Core.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Three Days in June,’ by Anne Tyler

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 7:21am
By Dwight Garner
In Anne Tyler’s new novel, a socially inept mother faces hurdles in her personal, professional and family lives.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘A Matter of Complexion,’ by Tess Chakkalakal

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 5:00am
By Kerri K. Greenidge
A new biography of Charles W. Chesnutt, by Tess Chakkalakal, explains the friendships and tensions he had with his white literary contemporaries.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Age of Choice,’ by Sophia Rosenfeld

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 5:00am
By Stephen Greenblatt
In “The Age of Choice,” Sophia Rosenfeld questions whether choosing — what to buy, whom to vote for — is actually worth it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A ‘Weary but Fabulous’ Poster Girl for Trans Life Opens Up About Aging

Monday, February 3, 2025 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
In her fifth memoir, “Cleavage,” Jennifer Finney Boylan writes about her 36-year marriage, her adult children and why she keeps telling her story.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Marion Wiesel, Translator, Strategist and Wife of Elie Wiesel, Dies at 94

Sunday, February 2, 2025 - 7:52pm
By Alex Traub
A fellow survivor, she was a literary and political adviser who helped her husband gain recognition as a singular moral authority on the Holocaust.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Millicent Dillon, Chronicler of Jane and Paul Bowles, Dies at 99

Sunday, February 2, 2025 - 12:03pm
By Adam Nossiter
A novelist and short-story writer, she devoted years to a nonfiction project examining of the lives of two eccentric authors who spent decades in Morocco.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Memorial Days,’ by Geraldine Brooks

Sunday, February 2, 2025 - 5:00am
By Alexandra Jacobs
In “Memorial Days,” Geraldine Brooks retreats to an island off Australia hoping to pick up the pieces after the sudden death of her husband.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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